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Extra UI for Your Computer: The Creator Micro
A productivity-boosting keypad by Work Louder
It would be fun to see what archeologists make of this object, if they dig one up in the future.
This Creator Micro, by Montreal-based tech company Work Louder, is designed for power users of Photoshop, Premiere, Figma, etc. It offers 12 keys and two analog dials that users can map functions onto, for one-button convenience. There are actually four "layers" that each button or dial can access, meaning you've actually got 48 different functions on tap.
It might seem like overkill, but the base holds a CNC-machined piece of aluminum that serves as a weight, to prevent it from sliding around on your desk.
You can purchase keycaps with icons on them, or opt for blank.
They also sell this Figma-specific set below, which comes with 30 keys labeled with Figma-specific tasks, and another 15 colored buttons, allowing you to mix and match.
The standard model runs $130, and the Figma jam is $160.
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Or buy a keypad for twenty bucks and re-map the bindings with Powertoys Keyboard Manager.
You're right. Recently I've been digging through Reddit threads about using a separate numpad (generic and remapped) on the left of the main keyboard for use with SOLIDWORKS. Originally I'd had the idea of using a gaming keypad (such as a Nostromo or Logitech equivalent) but they're discontinued and expensive.
To be fair, this is a pretty new utility for Windows. Prior to it you had to install and fiddle with some pretty esoteric software to adjust keyboard input since it's such a deep functionality of the OS. Doing this also has the drawback of overriding your numpad which doesn't matter to me since I rarely use it, but others may not be so lucky.
To be honest it's a bit annoying that programmable keypads are so overpriced; there is literally nothing in them that is more complex than a standard dollar store keyboard, and the minuscule amount of code to add input functions hardly justifies the typical $50+ price tag for them, let alone $130.